Yamaha DTX900 Owner's Manual - Page 35

Playing Along With a Song, Song Playback - demo

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Quick Guide Playing Along With a Song Quick Guide The DTX900 contains a wide variety of Preset Songs, organized into the following three categories. Demo Songs These Songs are created to showcase the high-quality sound of the DTX900. Practice Songs These Songs are created to help you practice in a wide variety of musical genres. Pad Songs (page 93) These Songs are created to be called up (during a performance, for example) by hitting a pad. Try selecting among these and play along with them-they are effective tools that help you learn how to drum and master drumming techniques. The DTX900 conveniently lets you mute the drum part of a Song and have only the bass part sound during playback, so you can play the drum part yourself. Song Playback Select one of the DTX900's Preset Songs and listen to it. The Preset Songs include accompaniment with keyboard, brass, and other voices as well as drum sounds. For a list of the Preset Songs, see the separate Data List booklet. 1 Press the [SONG] button to enter the Song mode. NOTE • Keep in mind that the example displays shown in this manual are for instruction purposes only, and may appear somewhat different from those on your instrument. 2 Call up the Song Play display by pressing the [F1] PLAY button, if necessary. 3 1 2 4 1 Song number Indicates the current Song number. When a Preset Song is selected, one of the categories ("Demo," "Practice" and "PadSong") is shown at right of the Song number. Settings PRE: 01 - PRE: 87, USR: 01 - USR: 50, EXT: 01 - EXT: 99 PRE: Preset Song USR: User Song EXT: External Song saved in the root directory of the USB storage device as a Standard MIDI file (format 0). B Song name Indicates the name of the current Song. 35 DTX900 Owner's Manual

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Quick Guide
Quick Guide
DTX900 Owner’s Manual
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Playing Along With a Song
The DTX900 contains a wide variety of Preset Songs, organized into the following three categories.
Demo Songs
These Songs are created to showcase the high-quality sound of the DTX900.
Practice Songs
These Songs are created to help you practice in a wide variety of musical genres.
Pad Songs (page 93)
These Songs are created to be called up (during a performance, for example) by hitting a pad.
Try selecting among these and play along with them—they are effective tools that help you learn how to drum and mas-
ter drumming techniques. The DTX900 conveniently lets you mute the drum part of a Song and have only the bass part
sound during playback, so you can play the drum part yourself.
Song Playback
Select one of the DTX900’s Preset Songs and listen to it. The Preset Songs include accompaniment with keyboard, brass,
and other voices as well as drum sounds. For a list of the Preset Songs, see the separate Data List booklet.
1
Press the [SONG] button to enter the Song mode.
2
Call up the Song Play display by pressing the [F1] PLAY button, if
necessary.
1
Song number
Indicates the current Song number.
When a Preset Song is selected, one of the categories (“Demo,” “Practice” and “Pad-
Song”) is shown at right of the Song number.
PRE:
Preset Song
USR:
User Song
EXT:
External Song saved in the root directory of the USB storage device as a Standard
MIDI file (format 0).
B
Song name
Indicates the name of the current Song.
NOTE
Keep in mind that the example
displays shown in this manual are
for instruction purposes only, and
may appear somewhat different
from those on your instrument.
Settings
PRE: 01 – PRE: 87, USR: 01 – USR: 50, EXT: 01 – EXT: 99
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